There are many places of interest in Hangzhou. Last month, when my uncle Ted invited my family to go there, I was really excited.

    We got there {#blank#}1{#/blank#} plane. We spent three hours in total on the way. When we landed {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (safe), it was 11:00 at night. We found a nice hotel to live in. And we chose a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} /'stændəd/ room with two single beds. It was very clean. And the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (condition) there were very good.

    The next morning we had a big breakfast. Then we couldn't {#blank#}5{#/blank#} /weit/ to visit the West Lake. The scenery(风景) there was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} beautiful that we all lost ourselves in it. We rode bikes there and had a wonderful time.

     On the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (two) day we visited the Yue Temple(岳庙). It's famous for our national hero, Yue Fei. We couldn't find a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} / 'prɔpə/ place to take photos because there were too many people. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} we were a little tired, we still felt very happy.

    I'm looking forward to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (visit) it again. If you go there, I'm sure you will enjoy yourself, too.

My family

    Here is a photo {#blank#}1{#/blank#}my family. There {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (be) five people in my family. They are my grandfather, my parents, my little sister and me. The old man is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(I) grandfather. This {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(be) my father. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (He) name is Eric. He is a teacher.{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(those) is my mother. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}is a teacher, too. Her{#blank#}8{#/blank#} is Sarah. She's very nice. The girl is my {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. Her name is Sally. Who's the boy in yellow? It's {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(I). My name is Dale.

— You should practise more.

    A kiwi is a strange bird because it cannot fly. It has no wings or tail. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (not have) feathers like other birds. Its feathers look like hair. It {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (sleep) during the day and it smells things {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (good) than most birds do.

    The kiwi lives only in New Zealand and it's endangered(濒危的) now. Take the North Island brown kiwi for example. There {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) about 35,000 individuals left in the world. Many {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (animal), such as dogs, cats, and so on, threaten this beautiful, small bird. In some areas, most {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (kiwi) do not reach the age of breeding. So the brown kiwi population has gone down greatly.

    New Zealanders want their kiwis {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (live). The government says that people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (can) kill kiwis. There is a picture of a kiwis on New Zealand money. Sometimes, people from New Zealand are called "kiwis".